Every week, we highlight a few comments left by GL readers during the previous week in our “On the Sofa” feature. Here are some of this week’s featured thoughts:

Meet the Sad Face of Brooklyn Gentrification’s Human Toll. “we’ve been down this road before & will keep on it for a long time to come, i’m afraid. in the plainest language possible, it’s a fucking outrage these jerks can’t wait for old folks– the very people who kept and made neighborhood x/y/z attractive places to ‘speculate’ later– to die… it won’t be THAT long.” [WWIB]

McDonald’s Smith Street Rumor Confirmed? “seems like more speculation to me. “This newpaper has learned” and “expected to” sound like the info was gleaned from blogs. Where’s the source? There’s no more information there than previous rumors have provided.” [deanstreet]

Is Prospect Park Getting the Short End of the (Car-Free) Stick? “What do we have to do to get the existing car-free hours enforced? Every morning, long before 7AM, when cars are permitted, cars are entering at Park Circle and zipping up the big hill to GAP and even to Third Street. Police and Parks vehicles pay them absolutely no mind.” [Janet]

Attack of the Car Alarms on Boerum Hill. “Complaints to 311 about car alarms are forwarded to 911. Technically, it’s an alarm and could indicate a crime in progress. That said, I think vandalizing a car with an over-sensitive alarm is a fine idea. Audible car alarms should be illegal, period.” [Anonymous]